First 'could be given for 51%'
Study reveals disparity in how universities calculate degree classes. Phil Baty reports Students at some universities can obtain first-class degrees with average marks of little more than 50 per cent...
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Degree classifications overhaul planned
Graduates' performance across every element of their degree courses would be revealed under proposals to replace the traditional degree classifications of first, second and third-class honours,...
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Flattery does not translate into all cultures
The hunt is on for what could be the UK's first dedicated plagiarism researcher as part of a joint project by two UK universities to find out how culture impacts on the decision of overseas students...
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Postgraduate supplement The first major overview of postgraduates in a decade PLUS Derrida deconstructed by writers including Richard Rorty, Simon Critchley and Simon Blackburn
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Poor career path puts young off science, MPs hear
The Science Minister, Lord Sainsbury, admitted this week that the Government had not yet succeeded in tackling the culture of short-term contracts in academia. Members of the House of Commons Science...
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UK 'lab' attracts foreign MBAs
Tuition fees, widening participation and the debate over research funding have turned the UK into a laboratory for overseas professionals to learn about managing higher education. Four experienced...
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'No US university offers such a degree'
The chance to unravel the complexity of managing universities drew Kimberly Stepan to sign up for an MBA in London even though she works at a top US university. For the past three years, Ms...
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London strike threat
More than 2,000 technical and administrative staff at London universities may take industrial action over what they claim is a whitewash by employers over rising living costs in the capital. Members...
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'It's good that funding bodies are forcing change'
Ronald Milne, the acting director of library services at the Oxford University and the man responsible for trying to juggle increasingly expensive journal subscriptions and a shrinking budget, is "...
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Ethics scrutiny found wanting
Ethical scrutiny of university research is patchy despite the fact that more institutions than ever have committees to vet projects, according to a new study. The survey, funded by the Nuffield...
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Wellcome embraces open-access future
All researchers funded by Britain's biggest biomedical charity, the Wellcome Trust, may be required to make their articles freely available, according to radical changes announced this week. Until...
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Offa deadlines to hit prospectuses
Universities will be told next week that they face a March 2005 deadline to reveal their plans for bursaries, perks and outreach schemes for students in 2006. Sir Martin Harris, director of the...
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Writing prize heads north
Heather Leach, senior lecturer in contemporary arts at Manchester Metropolitan University, has won this year's Palgrave Macmillan/ Times Higher humanities and social sciences writing prize. Dr Leach...
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Sutton Trust highlights success of outreach efforts amid controversy
The "spurious debate" about social engineering in higher education has overshadowed the fact that 15,000 extra state-school pupils have gained places at top research universities over the past five...
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Dr/DJ samples two sides of life in career mix
At first glance, the life of an academic appears to exist at a polar opposite to that of a DJ. One involves spending hours in solitary and silent study, the other late nights in smoky clubs with...